The global construction market is expected to soar to a size of $12.7 trillion by 2020 with the sector output likely to rise sharply over the next decade driven by emerging markets like India, China and Brazil, a report says.
The Intel Capital India Technology Fund, with a corpus of 250,000, was established in 2005-06 in India through which tech VC has invested a lot in data centre technology, telecom and infrastructure, apart from e-commerce.
Many individuals filing tax returns declare zero tax liability. They accounted for two-thirds of the total individual returns filed.
Fortunes of five richest men have more than doubled since 2020 and the world could have its first-ever trillionaire in just a decade while it would take more than two centuries to end poverty, rights group Oxfam said on Monday.
Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship incubator of billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, on Thursday reported a 37 per cent drop in March quarter net profit, bogged down by one-time past airport dues and commercial mining losses. Its consolidated net profit of Rs 450.58 crore in January-March - the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023-24 - compares to Rs 722.48 crore net profit in the same period last year and Rs 1,888.45 crore earning in the preceding quarter, according to a stock exchange filing by the company.
Two teams with fault lines in their batting, up against two of the best bowling sides in the game today -- the question that determines the outcome is, is your weakness greater than mine?
It seems that notwithstanding the global financial crises, India is set to become a high-growth state and more of a welfare state under the new government.
The global recession is beginning to seriously hurt international migration, and many migrants are forced to go home again.
The infrastructure sector received a huge facelift in the last nine years with improvement in road and railway networks, power generation and teledensity, among others, says the UPA government's report card.
The IPO boom in 2023 added four new promoters to the billionaires' list.
A raft of new incentives in the financial rescue package will reap immediate benefits for renewable energy providers.
Industries such as aviation and hospitality have many silos within them and Aionos, the joint venture between Interglobe Enterprises (IGE) and Assago Group, is an attempt to bridge them and boost efficiencies using artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, Rahul Bhatia told Business Standard on Tuesday. Bhatia, the Group Managing Director of IGE, serves as the majority shareholder in India's largest airline, IndiGo. Additionally, IGE operates 21 hotels under the Ibis brand and runs a logistics company called Movin.
Roads are being expanded, bridges are being built, hotels are springing up, and the crowds are pouring in. Bringing with them promise of unforeseen economic boom. Ayodhya, it seems, has opened up its heart, Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com discovers on his first day in the city.
Easy access to visa facilities permitted by India to overseas patients coupled with the best emerging medical infrastructure in large and tertiary towns will make the country earn to an extent of Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) in foreign exchange by 2012, a new study has said.
According to Jagdish Shettigar, chairman of BJP's economic cell and former member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, infrastructure, especially road building, will be a priority. It is now also certain that work on the controversial 111-km Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise connecting Bnagalore and Mysore will be accelerated. "We have always supported NICE," said a BJP leader.
The US needs to understand that it could potentially lose out on attracting several Netravalkars in the future if it curbs the influx of such industrious Indian immigrants, argues Vishal Menon.
Publishing BPO industry is booming in India with a growth rate of 35% per year.
An overview of how the tournament could give it a welcome boost...
As market experiences a share boom, the promoters were seen offloading their stakes as FIIs rushed in to pick them up.
Three years back, an MBA in petroleum studies from Dubai or Singapore was enough for a candidate to automatically enter the higher echelons of management at an oil and gas company, considering people with such a specialised degree was a rarity in India.
The company has exceeded the target president Akio Toyoda set two years ago: to make 1 trillion yen in annual operating profit, and do so with a 5 per cent margin.
The company has exceeded the target president Akio Toyoda set two years ago: to make 1 trillion yen in annual operating profit, and do so with a 5 per cent margin.
Indian real estate developers, enjoying boom times, want your capital.
The Indian out-of-home advertising market will be Rs 2,150 crore in size by 2010.
70 per cent of the total ad market in the state was driven by these companies.
Well-known author Shashi Tharoor, who was in the race for top UN post, on Wednesday said buoyancy in the stock markets and robust economic growth have not touched the lives of poor in India.
In the present investment scenario, it's easy to get carried away and do something silly like take on more risk that you can afford to in a bid to make a quick buck.
Experts say the presence of varied agro-climatic conditions along with favourable conditions for cultivation has helped India to become the world's largest producer across a range of commodities.
Eighty per cent of television viewing is now split among 43 channels and not a single show is rated above 10. Viewers are not sticking to any channel for too long and definitely jilting it during commercial breaks.
Contract farming, which helps farmers reduce the risks of production and marketing, thrives in several states with governments making suitable legal provisions.
'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
Angry Young Men gloats in Salim-Javed's well-known attributes yet never gains access into the process or passion behind one of Indian cinema's greatest chemistries at work, observes Sukanya Verma.
The post-Covid pandemic boom in corporate revenues appeared to have faded away in 2023-24. Yet, companies have reported a sharp recovery in their profits in FY24, driven by high margins. Their combined net sales, including gross interest income for lenders, rose by a modest 4.8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in FY24.
The amount of digital information consumed globally in 2006 alone, if stacked as books, can go to and fro from the sun 18 times
Eighty per cent, or 60 of the 75 companies that made their debut on the mainboard this financial year, ended their listing day with gains.
Large format shopowners look outside malls for spaces with international look & feel.
Noida is going vertical with several high-rise luxury apartment complexes, malls and offices in the works. But are these safe?
Even as Maruti Suzuki's once bread-and-butter M800 model is seeing interest wane among buyers in India, demand for the country's once most iconic car has shot up in markets abroad.
It's raining written words in India as the industry rides a boom. More newspapers, magazines... and still more launches ahead.
19 per cent of national supply to come up in the city.
